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							<title><![CDATA[SCOTUS Has Another Chance To Uphold Religious Liberty]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3758870-the-supreme-court-has-another-chance-to-uphold-religious-liberty-for-small-business-owners/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 5, the Supreme Court will hear an appeal from'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Lorie Smith,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' who owns a graphic design firm in Colorado and wants to expand her business to include wedding websites. This sounds innocent enough, but the government of Colorado has added an obstacle: it says that if she designs...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[#NeverTrump Republicans Have a New Choice]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/06/03/gary-johnson-william-weld-libertarian-ticket-third-party-2016-column/85306178/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Johnson-Weld could be most politically experienced third-party ticket ever.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paul Found His Voice: Can He Find Voters?]]></title>
							<link>http://nationalinterest.org/feature/rand-paul-found-his-voice-can-he-find-non-interventionist-13866</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Likes Taking People's Private Property]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/donald-trumps-eminent-domain-love-nearly-cost-widow-her-house</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Snce he shot to the top of the presidential polls, Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s serial bankruptcies and bullying nature have made big headlines. But no one seems to have brought up a bullying business practice he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s particularly fond of: eminent domain.The billionaire mogul-turned-reality TV...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This the Libertarian Moment?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/15/is_this_the_libertarian_moment_118419.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2008 Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch hailed a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'libertarian moment,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' encompassing everything from the Internet to the collapse of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'legacy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' industries and legacy entitlement programs. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve used the same term here, when'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' NPR talked about Ron Paul'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and when'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Obama, Romney Spent Per Vote]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato.org/blog/dollars-vote-presidential-election</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fiscal Cliff and Congressional Dysfunction]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato.org/blog/fiscal-cliff-congresss-dysfunction</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Empty Case for Big Government]]></title>
							<link>http://reason.com/archives/2012/10/14/the-empty-case-for-big-government</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The movement for smaller government must really be doing well, considering all the attacks it has generated of late. Journalists decry "austerity" and "slashed" government spending from Athens to Albany. President Barack Obama seems to think he's running against people who wish that (as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney and Obama on the Role of Government]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/romney-and-obama-on-the-role-of-government/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Next: DHS Fusion Centers: Small Part of Homeland Security WastePrevious: The Tax Policy Center's $5 Trillion Blunder: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Nonpartisan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' nonsense
			Posted by David Boaz        President Obama and Mitt Romney effectively delivered clashing statements on the role of government last...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton vs. Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/clinton-vs-obama/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Next: Can You Spot the Difference?Previous: The President Can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t Expand Federal Power by Signing a Treaty
			Posted by David Boaz        Over the weekend I stumbled upon C-SPAN'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s broadcast of Bill Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 1992 speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Voters Want Limited Government]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/voters-want-smaller-government/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The striking thing, of course, is that voters think Romney supports smaller government. It'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s not a conclusion they could draw from his fiscal record as governor, or from his Massachusetts health care plan, or from his current position on budget cuts, or even from his running mate'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[You Don't Rein In Spending by Increasing It]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/the-obama-budget-some-day-my-cuts-will-come/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s being reported that in his 2013 budget President Obama will propose to increase spending now and reduce the deficit some day. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t that what every budget promises these days? As I noted last summer during the debt ceiling fight at the Britannica Blog,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' fiscal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A History of Politicians Who Never Said No to Spending]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/the-debt-ceiling-and-the-balanced-budget-amendment/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post editorializes: A balanced-budget amendment would deprive policymakers of the flexibility they need to address national security and economic emergencies.A fair point. Statesmen should have the ability to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'address national security and economic emergencies.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Budgets Are Busted]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/why-budgets-are-busted/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three stories in today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Washington Post help us to understand why governments around the world are facing unmanageable deficits. On the front page:When Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero took power seven years ago, he and his Socialist Workers' Party set out to perfect the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Extreme' Cuts &amp; the Soaring Federal Budget]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/extreme-budget-cuts/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the days dwindle down to a precious few before a Shutdown, some  Republicans are still insisting on $61 billion in budget cuts, while  others are offering to compromise at $33 billion or $40 billion.Sen. Charles Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, tells his colleagues...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DC Spending: Real Problem Isn't Earmarks]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/earmarks-spending-and-the-scope-of-the-federal-government/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reported yesterday that Republican senators were turning their back on a massive spending bill stuffed full of their own earmarks. Those earmarks, the Post noted, included quite a few to benefit Mississippi, the home state of Senators Roger Wicker and Thad...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bush, Obama &amp; the Upward March of Spending]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/democrats-republicans-and-the-upward-march-of-government-spending/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Writing about the meeting between President Obama and congressional leaders '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';' where some hoped to find some agreement on taxes and spending issues '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';' Dana Milbank quotes two skeptics:'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'There'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s a reason why we have Democrats and Republicans,'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' incoming House speaker John Boehner said at...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sigourney Weaver Goes to Washington]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/04/22/ms-weaver-goes-to-washington/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today in Washington: actress Sigourney Weaver'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' testifies before the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on the topic of ocean acidification. Because, you know, she played an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Obama Failing?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/457#pro_statement_anchor</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Suddenly Nostalgic for Bill Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/11/we-miss-you-bubba/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PoliticsDemocrats close ranks around ReidWorldInteragency gaps let bomb suspect retain visaPoliticsGOP seeks converts on health careNationalFragile recovery hangs on a resurgence of jobsPoliticsPro-immigration groups ready to fightPoliticsMcCain slams court decisionPoliticsKaine: GOP...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Government Slippery Slope Goes Vertical]]></title>
							<link>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20091108_When_government_slippery_slope_goes_vertical.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Republicans Grasp the Opportunity for Revival?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/12/can_republicans_grasp_the_opportunity_for_revival_98680.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American voters have been demonstrating a lack of confidence in both parties lately. George W. Bush nearly destroyed the Republican Party, but Barack Obama is giving it a chance at resurrection.
Karl Rove dreamed that he and Bush, like strategist Mark Hanna and President William McKinley...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Specter Turn the Senate Left?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/04/30/will_specter_turn_the_senate_left_96276.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter was one of the most liberal Republicans in the Senate. Today, he's the most conservative Democrat. Specter has said he will retain his independence, which would mean he's not necessarily the filibuster-breaking godsend the Democrats hope. Still,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Turning the Economy Over to Politicians]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/01/turning_the_economy_over_to_po.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama insists that there be no earmarks in his $825 billion package of increased federal spending. But that won't put an end to lobbying and political influence on how the money gets spent. And when politicians get to pick the winners, the economy loses.            Outrage over...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Sweeping Rejection of President Bush]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/11/05/a-sweeping-rejection-of-president-bush/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Media's Racist Bogeyman]]></title>
							<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/oct/22/barack-obama-racism-media</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Our Collectivist Candidates]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121193223213724275.html?mod=rss_opinion_main</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Boaz</author>
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